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Webster 1913 Edition
Foraminifera
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Fo-ramˊi-nif′e-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
foramen
, -aminis
, a foramen + ferre
to bear.] (Zool.)
An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See
Rhizophoda
. Definition 2024
Foraminifera
Foraminifera
See also: foraminifera
Translingual
Proper noun
Foraminifera
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Retaria – the foraminifers.
Hyponyms
- Athalamea
- Polythalamea
- Xenophyophorea
See also
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Foraminifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Foraminifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
foraminifera
foraminifera
See also: Foraminifera
English
Noun
foraminifera (countable and uncountable, plural foraminiferas)
- A large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine.